Cotton



(No Model.)

3. c. MOORE.

COTTON PAGKER. I

No. 244,917. Patented Jilly Z6,1881..

. 7 22; :Z S S: INVENTOR "ATTORNEYS N. PEYiRa Phlu-Limgnphen Washinglon. D.C.

To all whom it may concern:

RALLEIGH o. MOORE, 0E MCKINNEY,

j OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JAMES L.

GREEE, oE VAN. ALSTYNE, TEXAS.

COTI'ONQPACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,917, dated July 26, 1881. Application fiIedMay SZB, 18 81. (No model.)

Be it known that I, RALLEIGH U. MooR'E, a citizen of the'United States, resident of Me Kinney, in the county of Collin and State of Texas, have invented a new and valuable Iniprovement in Cotton-Packers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a vertical section of my cotton-packer. 'Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail v1ew. 1

This invention has relation to devices for packingcotton; andit consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter shown and described, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

The object of the invention is, mainly, to-

provide means for taking the cotton from the gin and packing the same in the balebox, ready for the action of the press-follower, without manual labor.

In the annexed drawings the letter a represents a flue leading from the gin and secured to the bale-box b at the opening 0 in the latter. This flue is provided with a valve,'a, which can be opened to allow the cotton to escape when a bale is being pressed and it is not desired to stop the gin. The bale-box b is provided with a removable cover, 0, in which is arranged the flue-opening c, and apertures are provided therein to permit air to escape. In the top of this upper section or cover, 0, is made a slot, 0 and on each side thereof is provided a flanged guideway or bearing, d, to reusually made in wedge form and is located in the box b. The stem f of the packing-block (which may be of wood or rope) passes loosely through the aperture 0 and is susceptible of a vertical reciprocating movement. The slidebar 0 is provided at one end with a connectingrod, g, which engages a W is -P1 795 Oil-the disk 12, the latter being keyed on a shaft, t, turning in bearings 21 t" on the frame, and having at its other end a bevel-wheel, 13 This shaft i is usually arranged at right angles with the box I), and somewhat in rear of said box are located the bearings 75, Z, and m, parallel thereto.

Seated in the bearings 70 and l is a shaft, n, having a bevel-wheel, a, which engages with the wheel 6 and also provided with a toothed wheel, a

Sleeved on the shaft a, between the wheel a and the bearing 1, is an arm, 0, which, projecting upward, is formed with a slot, 0, in its upper portion, and is provided with a pawl, p, which is pivoted thereto over the wheel a and is designed to turn this wheel by a slow movement toward the box I).

In seats arranged in the upper parts'of the hearings or supports 1 and m, above the shaft n, is located another shaft, q, having at one end the crank-arm q, provided with the adjustable pin g which is designed to engage in the slot 0 of the arm 0, and to impart to the latter, as the shaft q is turned, a vibratory mo- 7 5 tion.

Keyed to the shaft q, between bearingsl and m, is a wheel, 1', from which runs a belt,

1, to a counter-shaft, s, hung in suitable bearin gs, s s, and receiving motion from the drivin g-shaft a, through the pulley s and the belt t. At its inner end the shaft 8 is provided with a crank-arm, 21, having a block, a.

Located above the box bis a frame supportin g parallel vertical bars w, having guide-slots 8 5 or hearings to. Seated between these bars, Where they project above the top of the frame, is a block, 00, which rests on said top and earries a roller, an, arranged transversely, as shown in the drawings. 9c

Secured to the shaft n is a rope or chain, y, which passes over the roller ac and down through an aperture in the top of the frame. To the lower end of this rope or chain is fastened a carrier, 2, the ends .2 of which project through the guide-slotsw. This carrier is pro vided with a roller or pulley, 2 over which passes the rope or chain a, which is connected by one end to the stem of the packing-block f, and by the other to the pivoted block or arm '0 of the crank r.

The operation of this machine is as follows: As the cotton passes through the flue a into the bale-box b the machine is set in motion by power applied to the shaft 12. The crank-arm o is designed to give a vertical reciprocating motion to the packer f, through the medium of the rope a. At the same time a horizontal reciprocating motion is given to the slide-bar, through which the stem of the packer passes, so that the latter is caused to act at successive points in the box. It is also designed that the rope 3 winding around the shaft a, shall take up the slack of rope a, the pawl 12 preventing any back-action of the shaft as the pawl 17 moves back for another stroke. When the box is filled with cotton it will be found well packed and ready for pressing, which is accomplished in the usual manner.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a cotton-packing machine, the combination, with a vertically-reciprocating packingblock, of a horizontally-moiprocatin g slide-bar, through which the stem of said block passes, and operating devices,as shown and described, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a cotton-box, the packer-block working therein, and its govern- .ing slide-bar, of the cover a, the guides 10, the

RALLEIGH OABERI MOORE.

Witnesses:

J. L. GREEK, A. SIMS. 

